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A WIFE BY 

ADVERTISEMENT. 

A Farce, 

IN ONE ACT. 
By CLIFTON CLIFFE. 



TOGETHER WITH 



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and Exits— Relative Positions of the Performers on the 

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characters droll, the incidents funny, the language humorous, but all the situations,^by-play, 
positions, pantomimic business, scenery, and tricks are so plainly set down and clearly 
explained that the merest novice could put any of them on the stage. Included in this 
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M. F. 

141. Absent Minded, Ethiopian farce, 1 

act 3 1 

73. African Box, burlesque, 2 scenes ... 5 

107. African us Bluebeard, musical Ethi- 

opian burlesque, 1 scene 6 2 

113. Ambition, farce, 2 scenes 7 

133. Awful Plot (An) Ethiopian farce, la. 3 1 

43. Baby Elephant, sketch, 2 scenes 7 1 

42. Bad' Whiskey, Irish sketch, 1 scene. 2 1 
79. Barney's Courtship, musical inter- 
lude, 1 act 1 2 

40. Big Mistake, sketch, 1 scene 4 

6. Black Chap from Whitechapel, Ne- 
gro piece 4 

10. Black Chemist, sketch, 1 scene 3 

11. Black-Ey'd William,sketch,2 scenes 4 1 
146. Black Forrest (Tho),Ethiopian farce, 

1 act 2 1 

110. Black Magician (De).Ethiopian com- 
icality 4 2 

126. Black Statue (The). Negro farce 4 2 

127. Blinks and Jinks, Ethiopian sketch. 3 1 

128. Bobolino, the Black Bandit, Ethio- 

pian musical farce, 1 act 2 1 

120. Body Suatchers (The),Negro sketch, 

2 scenes 3 1 

78. Bogus Indian, sketch, 4 scenes 5 2 

89. Bogus Talking Machine (The), farce, 

1 scene 4 

24. Bruised and Cured, sketch, 1 scene. 2 

108. Charge of the Hash Brigade, comic 

Irish musical sketch 2 2 

148. Christmas Eve in the South, Ethio- 
pian farce, 1 act 6 2 

35. Coal Heaver's Revenge,Negro sketch, 

1 scene 6 

112. Coming Man (The), Ethiopian sketch, 

2 scenes . 3 1 

41. Cremation, sketch, 2 scenes 8 1 

144. Crowded Hotel (The), sketch, 1 sc. 4 1 
140. Cupid's Frolics, sketch, 1 scene 5 1 

12 Daguerreotypes, sketch, 1 scene 3 

53. Damon and Pythias, burlesque, 2 sc. 5 1 
63. Darkey's Stratagem, sketch. 1 scene 3 1 
131. Darkey Sleep Walker (The), Ethio- 
pian sketch, 1 scene ". . . 3 1 



12i. 
111. 

139. 

50. 
64. 

'Jo. 

07. 

4. 

133. 

98. 



51. 

152. 

106. 

83. 

77. 

17. 
58. 
31. 
20. 
82. 
130. 

86. 

70.- 

61. 

142. 

23. 
118. 



Deaf as a Post, Ethiopian sketch.. . . 2 
Deeds of Darkness, Ethiopian ex- 
travaganza, 1 act 6 

Desperate Situation (A), farce, 1 sc. 5 

Draft (The), sketch, 2 scenes 6 

Dutchman's Ghost, 1 scene 4 

Dutch Justice, laughable sketch, 

A scene 11 

Motor's Troubles, farce, 1 scene.. . 6 

Eh ? What is it ? sketch 4 

Election Day, Ethiopian farce, 2 sc. 6 
Elopement (The), farce, 2 scenes. . . 4 

Excise Trials, sketch, 1 scene 10 

Fellow that Looks like Me, inter- 
lude, 1 scene 2 

First Night (The), Dutch farce, 1 act 4 
Fisherman's Luck, sketch, 1 scene. 2 
Fuu in a Cooper's Shop, Ethiopian 

sketch .' 6 

Gambrinus, King of Lager Beer, 

Ethiopian burlesque, 2 scenes. ... 8 
German Emigrant (The), sketch. lsc. 2 
Getting Square on the Call Boy, 

sketch, 1 scene 3 

Ghost (The), Sketch, 1 act 2 

Ghost in a Pawn Shop, sketch. 1 sc. 4 

Glycerine Oil, sketch, 2 scenes 3 

Going for the Cup. interlude 4 

Good Night's Rest, sketch, 1 scene. 3 
Go and get Tight, Ethiopian sketch, 

1 scene 6 

Gripsack, sketch, 1 scene 3 

Guide to the Stage, sketch 3 

Happy Couple, 1 scene , 2 

Happy Uncle Rufus, Ethiopian mu- 
sical sketch, 1 scene 1 

Hard Times, extravaganza. 1 scene. 5 
Helen's Funny Babies, burlesque. 

1 act 6 

Hemmed In. sketch 3 

High Jack, the Heeler, sketch, 1 sc. 6 

Hippotbeatron, sketch 9 

How to Pay the Rent, farce. 1 scene 6 

In and Out, sketch. 1 scenp 2 

Intelligence Office (The), Ethiopian 
sketch, 1 scene 2 



A WIFE BY ADVERTISEMENT. 



An Entirely New and Original Farce. 



IN ONE ACT. 



BY 



CLIFTON CLIFFE 



TOGETHER WITH 

A DESCRIPTION OF THE COSTUMES CAST OP THE CHARACTERS 

ENTRANCES AND EXITS RELATIVE POSITIONS OF THE 

PERFORMERS ON THE STAGE, AND THE WHOLE OF 
THE STAGE BUSINESS. 



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NEW YORK: 

DEWITT, PUBLISHER, 

No. 33 Rose Street. 

Copyright, 1884, by A. T. B. Db WITT. 



A WIFE BY ADVERTISEMENT. 

CHARACTE11S. y 

Clyde Clynton, of the Custom House. 

Madge Clynton, his wife. 

Jack Clynton, his brother. ^. \) 

Valerie De Vigne, an Adventuress. 

James, a servant. 

Detective. 



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TIME OF PLAYING— FIFTEEN MINUTES. 



SCENERY. 

Scene.— Nicely furnished room in Clydk Clynton's house, Hose Grove, 
Fordham. Clyde and Madge discovered at Breakfast. 



COSTUMES. 

Clyde Clynton. — Neat walking suit. 

Jack Clynton.— Fashionable, rather showy, walking-suit. 

Madge Clynton.— Handsome morning dress. 

Valerie Yigne. — Very stylish street costume. 

James.— Servant's plain dark clothes. 

Detective.— Ordinary walking-suit. 



PROPERTIES. 

Letter, for James ; pipe, for Clyde ; decanter of wine, and glasses ; memoranda 
book, for James. 



STAGE DIRECTIONS. 

R. means Right of Stage, facing the Audience; L. Left; C. Centre; R. C. Right 
of Centre ; L. C. Left of Centre. D. F. Door in the Flat, or Scene running across 
the back of the Stage ; C. D. F. Centre Door in the Flat ; R. D. F. Right Door in 
the Flat ; L. D. F. Left Door in the Flat ; R. D. Right Door ; L. D. Left Door; 1 E 
First Entrance ; 2 E. Second Entrance ; U. E. Upper Entrance ; 1, 2 or 3 G. First 
Second or Third Groove. 

R. R. C. C. L. C. L. 

U2P 3 The reader is supposed to be upon the stage facing the audience. 



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A WIFE BY ADVERTISEMENT. 



Scene.— Nicely furnished room in Clyde Clynton's house, Rose Grove, 
Fordham. Clyde and Madge discovered at Breakfast 

Madge. Well, Clyde dear, you haven't to go to that odious Custom 
House to-day, have you? So we shall have one more day together. I 
don't know what I shall do when you go baek. Only fancy, it will 
seem so dreadful your being away from ten till four every day! 

Clyde. Hardly so bad as that, dueky; you know I never go till 
nearly eleven o'clock, and nearly always return about half-past two 
or three. 

Madge. Yes ; but consider how terribly hard you have to work 
during that time. Now, what do you really do in the office ? 

Clyde. Well, dearest, I make it a rule to read whatever's interest- 
ing in the " Times" and the "Herald," first of all, then I go and get 
a glass of lager, and smoke a weed, and then 

Madge. {Anxiously). What then? 

Clyde. Oh! then' I go back and look through the other papers, do 
a little writing, and come home. 

Madge. And you are expected to do all that for $2000 a-year? It's 
preposterous. Really shameful. 

Clyde. Yes, my dear, it is ; but do you know, I sometimes think 
that I might do worse, for I have my evenings free, and manage to 
make another thousand by writing critiques, musical and theatrical, 
for the papers, which same writing I manage to do, between times, in 
the office. Now there's my poor young brother, Jack, he's in the 
Patent Office, and has any amount of work to do, a great deal harder 
than mine, and he only gets $1000 a-year for it. Poor old Jack, I 
wonder what his next craze will be? Y~ou know, pet, that Jack is 
always going in for something fresh. 

(A knock at the door. Clyde calls) Come in. {Apause, and then louder) 
Come in. {Another pause— he shouts) Come in ! {Enter James r. d. ) 

Clyde. {Angrily). Why the Dickens didn't you come in when I 
told you ? 

James. (Rubbing his hands). Well, sir— You see, sir— I've been in 
a goodish many situations, sir — and you see, sir, newly married 
couples, sir 

Clyde. (In a rage). Newly married fools. 

James. Yes, sir'; certainly, sir; newly married fools, sir, don't 
usually like servants to come in too qnick, sir. 



4 A WIFE BY ADVERTISEMENT. 

Clyde. What tlie Dickens do you mean ?— do you dare to insinuate 
that / am — am — am — am a p ool f 

James. Oh, sir' no, sir! certainly not, sir; I hopes I knows— (In 
trepidation)— my place, sir; and if ycu please, sir, a boy "brought this 
letter, sir, he says it's from the Patent Office, sir 

Madge. The "Patent Officer ?— does he mean some new kind of an 
officer. 

James. Oh, no, miss. 

Clyde. Dash it all, sir, your mistress is not a miss* 

James. No, sir, I shouldn't think as how she was amiss, sir! I 
thinks that on the Gontrairy she's rather pretty, sir. 

Clyde. Confound your impudence j this is intolerable. Give me 
the letter, and go to the devil. 

Madge. This is going too far, I won't listen any longer. (Exit L.D.) 

James. (Giving letter). Yes, sir; certainly, sir. Will you pay my 
fare, sir? 

Clyde. You're very near to a fool . 

James. (Edging close up to Clyde). Yes, sir r I think Lam, sir. 

Clyde. Get out of this, will you ? 

James. Yes, sir ; the boy's waiting, sir. 

Clyde. Go to the devil. 

James. Yes, sir; I'll tell him you're coming, sir. (Exit R. D.) 

Clyde tears open the letter, and reads aside : — 

"Dear Clyde, — I have been and gone and done it at last." I guess 
it ain't the first time. "I have gone in a buster." The Dickens he 
has. "I have advertised in " Matrimonial Times " as follows." Phew — 
w — w. '"A gentleman of good family, and most prepossessing ap- 
pearance, 24 years of age, tall, fair, with blue eyes and auburn hair." 
Auburn hair! "and of most gentle and loving disposition, wishes to 
meet with a lady who has a moderate income of her own, with a view 
to matrimony." Oh, Law! "C. J., No. 1024, this office." Well, old 
man, I got no less than five hundred and eighty-six replies, half of 
which enclosed portraits — one of them was grand. It was from Mrs. 
Valerie De Vigne, a widow without encumbrances, and $3000 a-year, 
more or less." Yes, especially less, I'll bet. "She wants to marry 
just such a young fellow as I. Of course she asked for an appoint- 
ment. What was I to do ; a poor beggar living in furnished apart- 
ments, consisting of one small bed-room; I couldn't ask her there!" 
I suppose not. " So I told her I Avas living at Rose Grove, Fordham," 
Dash it! that's here. " and should be glad to see her on the 25th," 
Confound it, that's to-day. " at 12 o'clock." (Looling at watch.) And 
it's half -past eleven now. "I applied for leave, but have failed to get 
it; so you must see her for me, and explain and all tbat, and I will 
come round at two. Till then, your affectionate brother, Jack." Well, 
here's a pretty kettle of fish. What will Madge say ' I can't tell her 
that Jack's made such a dunce of himself. (Entei Madge l. d.) I 
must dissemble — Ah, Madge ! — a lady is coming to see me on business 
at 12 o'clock ; will you kindly see that 

Madge. (Angrily). A lady! what do you mean, sir? Only just 
married to me, and receiving letters from ladies, making appointments 
under this very roof. It's shameful! — It's horrible! — I won't allow 
it, sir! 

Clyde. (In mock tragic tones). Now, Madge, just listen. It is not 
an affair of my own : it is about a " government contract " I have to see 
her. I would willingly tell you all about it, but my duty to my country 
seals my lips. I have to see her, and Jack has to see her — he is com* 



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ing for that purpose at two o'clock. The fate of this great country 
depends upon our secrecy. . . 

Madge Oh very well, I will retire when she arrives. {Aside). And 
if I don't listen through the keyhole to all you say, I'm not a woman. 

Clyde walks across the room, takes a pipe from a rack, fills it, lights 
it and tries to smoke, finds it won't draw. 

Clyde. Have you a hairpin, Madge ? 

Madge. No! I don't hairpin to have one— 

Clyde. Oh! well then, I suppose it's " needles" to ask you. 

Madge. Oh! I wonder you don't keep one specially for your nasty 

old pipe. . ' 

Clyde. It's not a nasty old pipe ; it's my best friend. 

Madge. Then I count for nothing— Oh— oh— (lakes out her hand- 
kerchief and commences to cry). 

Clyde. (Sympathetically}. Now, don't be foolish, Madge; of course 
you are very much more than a friend. You are my ownest own, my 
duckey, darling wifey, and no one can ever be preferred to you! 

Madge. Then if that is true, I won't cry any more. {Loud knock 
at door R.) 

Clyde (shouts) Come in 

Enter James. Please, sir, a lady to see you, sir; {aside) and aint 
she a flash 'un neither. Oh, no! not at all. 

Clyde. Show her up at once, James. Madge, my darling, will you 
kindly retire ? (Exit James r. d. Madge l. d.) 

Clyde. By Jove ! suppose she takes me for Jack. Happy thought : 
I'll pretend t am Jack, and find out all I can about her,— Ah, here she 
comes (rushes to glass, arranges his hair and moustache. 

(Enter r. d. Valerie, followed closely by James; she rushes to Clyde 
and seizes his hand). 

Val. Oh, Mr. Clynton, if you but knew how I have longed for this 
moment. 

James. (Aside). Well, if that aint warm. Strikes me, I've heard 
that voice before, and she's just about the height of that sister of mine 
that went to be housekeeper to old Fitznoodle. 

Clyde. (Discovering James). James, how dare you enter without 
being called? Leave the room at once, or I'll 

James. Oh, Law!— Oh, Law!— aint his temper up neither. (Exit 
James r. d.) 

Val. Now, Mr. Clvnton, now we have met, I think you are even 
better and nicer thanl had imagined, and I feel sure that we shall be 
very happy together. 

Clyde. * Do you, though? 

Val. Yes, 1 do. Don't you? 

Clyde. Well, you see, I can't see what you are like. 

Val. (Ilaisinq her veil).. Now, sir, will I do? 

Clyde. (Aside). She's devilish pretty, but rather too much paint. 
(To Val). Yes, you may; but of course you know we've got a lot to 
talk about, and to see more of each other before we settle matters. 

Val. Oh, yes, of course we have. In the first place I must tell 
you that when I married my poor dear Mr— ah— Jones. 

Clyde. Jones f I thought his name was De Vigne ? 



6 A WIFE BY ADVERTISEMENT. 

Val. Of course. You see, Jack, the excitement of this meeting is 
too much for me, driving my head all topsy-turvy ; fancy my forgetting 
the name of my husband. It's quite too awfully absurd, now, isn't it? 

Clyde. Yes; yes. Quite too — too — utterly, intensely ah — con- 
summately absurd— (aside) — and very suspicious, too. 

Val. Oh, Jack! do you go in for aesthetics then? I do so love 
aesthetics. 

Clyde. Oh, you do — do you? (Aside). She's an impostor; I must 
manage to dismiss her and save my brother. (Knock at the door, r.) 

Clyde. Dash it ! it's— Oh, I am sure — I beg your pardon Come 

in. (Enter James r. t>.) 

James. Please, sir, missus sent me to say — (Val starts)— would you 
like some wine sent in. 

Clyde. Wine, not — Ah, yes, of course by all means; yes, send it — 
that is, bring it in. (Aside). Just the tiling: I'll give her an over-dose 
and find out all. (Exit James r. d. ) 

Val. What did I hear ? — his mistress sent him ! Who is that, Jack ? 
Are you — ma — mar-ma — married already? 

Clyde. My wife — no — my sister keeps house for me. You see, the 
excitement of this meeting is driving things topsy-turvey in my mind 
now. (Another knock). Come in. (Enter James with refreshments R. D.) 

Val. You will introduce me to your sister, I hope ? 

Clyde. Not I — that is — oh yes, of course. 

James. (Aside). His sister — whatever is the game ? And her voice, 
too. I am almost certain it is my sister. I'll get round to the front 
and look at her. (Creeps round; Val. looks at him, then drops her veil). 

James. (Aside). I could almost swear to it! I'll watch — I'll go in 
the next room and look through the keyhole. No, I can't though, 
'cause missus is a-doin that.— Oh, I know! I'll pop in suddenly, with- 
out knockin', and I'll catch her then, I'll warrant. 

Clyde. Now, James, what are you waiting for? You can go. 

James. Yes, sir. Certainly, sir. (Aside.) Fll catch you yet, Miss 
Jemima, «see if I don't. (Exit R. d.) 

Val. helps herself to a glass oficine; drinks it off. Clyde starts. 

Clyde. (Aside). Well, she's a bold one. 

Val. Well, Jack, as I was saying, when I married poor Jo De 

Vigne, I was only a girl. We lived most happily together, and when 
he died he left me all his fortune, which brings me in about $2000. 

Clyde. Ah, yes! just the same as my salary at the Custom House. 

Val. But I thought you said you were in* the Patent Office, and 
only got $1000 a-year. 

Clyde. Yes, of course, I meant the same as my younger — that is, 
elder brother gets at the Custom House — so that it, it's necessary for 
my brother— I mean for me, to get married to someone with a little 
money of her own. 

Madge. (From other room). Oh! you brute, you. 

Clyde and Val. both jump from their seats. 

Val. What was that? 

Clyde. Oh, ah! my sister talking to the dog in the next room, I 
expect, that's all 

Madge from the next room screams. 

Clyde, Oh! the brute must have bitten her. I must go and see. 
(Exit in haste L. d. ) 
Val. 'Tis all very strange. I almost believe he is as big a swindler 



A WIFE BY ADVERTISEMENT. i 

as myself ; but what am I to do ? I must get married, and that quickly; 
for, with a husband, nobody would suspect me of being Jemima Jones, 
Fitznoodle's housekeeper, who ran off with all his portable property 
during his absence at Newport. And those horrible detectives too, 
they are following me, I know, but I will throw them off the track yet. 

Madge. {Screaming in next room). Go away, you brute, leave me at 
once; go back to that woman. 

Val. What's that I hear? I must listen. — (Goes to keyhole: suddenly 
starts away again). What's that? Oh, the wretch, he calls her his 
darling wife ; he's married already. (Faints. Enter James, r. d. 

James. Now madam, or miss, we'll see who you are. {Goes up to 
Val. and raises her veil). Yes! it is as I thought, my long lost 
sister. 

Enter r. d. Clyde and Madge, arm-in-arm. 

Clyde. What are you doing there, James? 

James. A-looking at my sister, sir. 

Clyde and Madge together. Your sister? 

James. Yes, my sister. 

Clyde. Then it's clear she's an impostor. 

James. Did she say as how she warn't my sister then ? 

Clyde. No, but she said she was somebody else, which is much the 
same thing. 

James. Oh, Law! Oh, Law? Sharper than a serpent's sister it are 
to have an ungrateful tooth. No, that aint it, I'm wrong somewhere. 
(Knock at door, r.) 

Clyde calls Come in. (Enter Detective r. d.) 

Clyde. Well, sir, what's your business? 

Detective. I am a detective from the Central Office, and from in- 
formation received 

James. Oh, Law! that's a fine saying, and quite new too; I'll put 
it down. ( Takes out pocket-book). 

Clyde. Shut up. 

James. ( Writing). Yes, sir. Certainly, sir. From i-n in f-o-r for 
m-a-y may s-h-u-n tion information r-e re s-e-e see e-v-e-d cvcd, from 
information received I shuts up 

Detective. Well, sir, we have been informed that a lady that we 
want, has been seen to enter this house, and — Oh, there she is — 
{Crosses to Val., who has just recovered). Miss Jemima Jones, you are 
my prisoner on a charge of robbery. 

James. Oh, Law! from information received, I casts her off. She 
aint no longer my sister. (Enter Jack in a hurry, r. d. 

Jack. Clyde, old man, congratulate me, my salary is raised to $2000 
at last, and 1 shan't have to marry a "Matrimonial Times" wife after 
all, but go in the country, and espouse my dear little cousin Lillie, 
whom I have loved all my life. 

Clyde. We congratulate you, old boy, most heartily, though you 
have put us in a pretty kettle of fish here. Here's this Mrs. Valerie 
De Vigne, alias James's sister 

James. No she aint; from inflammation — no, information received 
I casts her off. 

Clyde. Well, then, this person comes here, mistakes me for you, 
puts Madge in no end of a way, aud finishes up by getting arrested 
for robbery. Let this be a warning, and if you happen to want a wife 
again, don't try to get one by advertisement. 

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indicate the number of the piece in " De Witt's List of Acting Plats." 

jg^=- Any of the following Plays sent, postage free, on receipt of price— Fifteen Cents 
each. 

Kg- The figure following the name of the Play denotes the number of Acts. The 
figures in the columns indicate the number of characters— M. male; F. female. 

M. F. 

222. Cool as a Cucumber, farce, 1 act.. . . 3 2 
248. Cricket on the Hearth, drama, 3 acts 8 6 

1U7. Cupboard Love, farce, 1 act 2 

152. Cupid's Eye-Glass, comedy, 1 act.. 1 

52. Cup of Tea, comedietta, 1 act 3 

148, Cut Off with a Shilling, comedietta, 

1 act 2 

113. Cyril's Success, comedy, 5 acts 10 

20. Daddy Gray, drama, 3 acts 8 

286. Daisy Farm, drama, 4 acts 10 

4. Dandelion's Dodges, farce, 1 act... 4 

22. David Garricli, comedy, 3 acts 8 3 

275. Day After the Wedding, farce, 1 act 4 2 

96. Dearest Mamma, comedietta, 1 act.. 4 3 

16. Dearer than Life, drama, 3 acts.... 6 5 

58. Deborah (Leah), drama, 3 acts 7 6 

125. Deerfoot, farce, 1 act 5 J 

71. Doing for the Best, drama, 2 acts.. 5 3 

142. Dollars and Cents, comedy, 3 acts. . 9 4 

204. Drawing Boom Car(A).coniedy,l act 2 1 

21. Dreams, drama, 5 acts 6 3 

260. Drunkard's Warning, drama, 3 acts 6 3 

240. Drunkard's Doom (The), drama, 2a.l5 5 

263. Drunkard (The), drama, 5 acts 13 5 

186. Duchess de la Valliere.play, 5 acts.. 6 4 

242. Dumb Belle (The), farce, 1 act 4 2 

47. Easy Shaving, farce, 1 act 5 2 

283. E. C. B. Susan Jane, musical bur- 
lesque, 1 act 8 1 

202. Eileen Oge, Irish drama. 4 acts 11 3 

315. Electric Love, farce, 1 act 1 1 

297. English Gentleman (An), comedy- 
drama, 4 acts 7 * 

200. Estranged, operetta. 1 act 2 1 

135. Everybody's Friend, comedy. 3 acts 6 

230. Family Jars, musical farce, 2 acts.. 5 

103. Faust and Marguerite, drama. 3 acts 9 

9. Fearful Tragedy in the Seven Dials, 

interlude, 1 act • * 

128. Female Detective, drama, 3 acts. 

xOl! Fernaude, drama. 3 acts 

99. Fifth Wheel, comedy, 3 acts 10 

262, Fifteen Years of a Drunkard's Life, 

melodrama, 3 acts 13 

145. First Love, comedy, 1 act 4 

102. Foiled, drama. 4 acts 9 

88. Founded on Facts, farce, 1 act 4 



75. Adrienne, drama, 3 acts. 7 

231. All that Glitters is not Gold, comic 

drama, 2 acts " 

308, All on Account of a Bracelet, come- 

dietta, 1 act • • • • • * 

114. Anything for a Change,comedy.l act 6 
167. Apple Blossoms, comedy, 3 acts. . . 7 
93. Area Belle, farce, 1 act «> 

40. Atchi, comedietta, 1 act 3 

89. Aunt Charlotte's Maid, farce, 1 act. 6 

258. Aunt Dinah's Pledge, temperance 
drama, 2 acts 6 

287. Bachelor's Box (La Petite Hotel), 
comedietta, 1 act 4 

166. Bardell vs. Pickwick, sketch. 1 act. 6 

310. Barrack Boom (The), comedictta,2a. 6 

41. Beautiful Forever, farce, 1 act 2 ^ 

141. Bells (The), drama, 3 acts 9 3 

223. Betsey Baker, farce, 1 act 2 

67. Birthplace of Podgers, farce, 1 act.. 7 

36. Black Sheep, drama, 3 acts 7 5 

279. Black-Eyed Susan, drama, 2 acts. . . 14 2 

296. Black ^nd White, drama, 3 acts 6 3 

160. Blow for Blow, drama, 4 acts 11 6 

179. Breach of Promise, drama, 2 acts. . 5 2 
25. Broken-Hearted Club, comedietta. . 4 8 

70. Bonnie Fish Wife, farce, 1 act 3 1 

261. Bottle (The), drama, 2 acts 11 6 

226. Box and Cox, Romance,^ act 2 1 

24. Cabman No. 93, farce, 1 act 2 2 

199. Captain of the Watch, comedietta, 

lact 6 2 

1. Caste, comedy, 3 acts 5 3 

175. Cast upon the World, drama, 5 acts.ll I 
55. Catharine Howard, historical play, 

3 acts 12 

G9. Caught by the Cuff, farce, 1 act. ... 4 

80. Charming Pair, farce, 1 act 4 

G5. Checkmate, comedy. 2 acts 6 

C8. Chevalier de St. George, drama,. 3a. 9 
I J 9. Chimney: Corner (The), domestic 

drama, 3 acts 5 

76. Chops of the Channel, farce, 1 act.. 3 
205. Circumstances alter Cases, comic 

operetta, 1 act 1 1 

149. Clouds, comedy, 4 acts 8 7 

121. Oomicai Countess, farce, 1 act 3 1 



2 
7 

1 

4 

11 10 

2 

4 

1 
3 
2 



DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS, -Continued. 



*59 Fruits of the Wine Cup, drama, 3cts 6 

192. Game of Cards (A), comedietta, la.. 3 

74. Garrick Fever, farce, 1 act. ..... . . . 7 

53. Gertrude's Money Box, farce, 1 act. 4 
73. Golden Fetters (Fetterttd), drama, 3.11 
30. Goose with the Goldeu Eggs, farce, 

lact • J 

131. Go to Putney, farce, 1 act .- . * 

276. Good for Nothing, comic drama, la. 5 
306. Great Success (A), comedy, 3 acts.. 8 

277. Grimshaw, Bagshaw and Bradshaw, 



farce, 1 act . 



.. 4 



208. Heir Apparent (The), farce, 1 act. . . 5 1 

241 . Handy Andy, drama, 2 acts iu J 

23. Happy Pair, comedietta, 1 act J- i 

151. Hard Case (A), farce, 1 act. * 

8. Henry Dunbar, drama, 4 acts ...... iu A 

180. Henry the Fifth, hist, play, 5 acts. .38 5 
303. Her Ouly Fault, comedietta, 1 act. . 2 2 

19. He's a Lunatic, farce, 1 act 3 2 

60. Hidden Hand, drama, 4 acts 5 5 

191 . High C, comedietta, 1 act 3 3 

246. High Life Below Stairs,farce.2 acts. 9 5 
301. Hiuko, romantic drama, 6 acts 12 7 

224. His Last Legs, farce, 2 acts 5 3 

187. His Own Euemy, farce, 1 act 5 1 

174! Home, comedy. 3 acts 4 3 

211. Honesty is the Best Policy, play, 1. 2 

64. Household Fairy, sketch, 1 act 1 1 

190. Hunting the Slippers, farce, 1 act. . 4 1 
197. Hunchback (The), play, 5 acts 13 2 

225. Ici on Parle Fraucais, farce, 1 act.. 3 4 

252. Idiot Witness, melodrama, 3 acts. . . 6 1 
18. If I had a Thousand a Year., farce. If 3 

116. I'm not Mesilf at all, Irish stew, la. 3 2 

129. In for a Holiday, farce, 1 act 2 

159. In the Wrong House, farce, 1 acr... 4 
278. Irish Attorney (The), farce, 2 acts.. 8 
282. Irish Broom Maker, farce. 1 act. . .. 9 

273. Irishman in London, farce, 1 acts.. 6 

243. Irish Lion (The), farce, 1 act 8 

271. Irish Post (The), drama, 1 act 9 

244. Irish Tutor (The), farce, 1 act 5 

270. Irish Tiger (The), farce, 1 act 5 

274. Irish Widow (The), farce, 2 acts 7 

122. Isabella Orsini, drama, 4 acts 11 

177. 1 Shall Invite the Major, comedy, 1 4 

100. Jack Long, drama, 2 acts 9 

299. Joan of Arc, hist, play, 5 acts 26 

139. Joy is Dangerous, comedy, 2 acts. . 3 

17. Kind to a Fault, comedy, 2 acts. ... 6 
233. Kiss in the Dark (A), farce, 1 act.. . . 2 
309. Ladies' Battle (The), comedy, 3 acts 7 

86. Lady of Lyons, play, 5 acts 12 5 

137. L' Article 47, drama, 3 acts 11 5 

72. Lame Excuse, farce, 1 act 4 2 

144. Lancashire Lass, melodrama.4 acts. 12 

34. Larkins' Love Letters, farce. 1 act.. 3 
189. Leap Year, musical duality, 1 act....l 

253. Lend Me Five Shillings, farce, 1 act 5 

111. Liar (The), comedy, 2 acts 7 

119. Life Chase, drama, 5 acts . .*. 14 

239. Limerick Boy (The), farce, 1 act 5 

48. Little Annie's Birthday, farce, 1 act..2 
32. Little Rebel, farce, 1 act 4 

164. Little Ruby, drama, 3 acts 6 6 

295. Little Em'ly, drama, 4 acts 8 8 

165. Living Statue (The), farce, 1 act. ... 3 2 
228. Loan of a Lover (The), vaudeville,!. 4 1 



109. 

85. 

87. 
143. 
212. 
291. 
210. 
163. 
154. 

63. 
249. 
208. 

39. 
7. 

49. 

15. 

46. 

51. 
302. 
184. 
250. 
312. 

234. 
108. 
188. 
169. 
216. 
236. 
193. 

267. 
130. 
92. 
218. 
140. 

115. 
2. 

57. 
104. 
112. 
298. 
185. 

84. 
117. 

171. 

14. 
300. 
269. 
268. 
173. 
227. 
176. 
254. 

33; 

3. 

90. 
170. 
289. 

97. 

66. 
209. 
172. 

94. 

45. 
155. 
178. 



to t. 

Locked in, comedietta, 1 act 3 2 

Locked in with a Lady, sketch 1 1 

Locked Out, comic scene 1 1 

Lodgers and Dodgers, farce, 1 act. . 4 2 
London Assurance, comedy, 5 acts. 10 3 

M. P., comedy, 4 acts 7 2 

Mabel's Manoeuvre, interlude, 1 act 1 3 

Marcoretti, drama, 3 acts 10 3 

Maria and Magdalena, play, 4 acts.. 8 C 
Marriage at any Price, farce, 1 act. . 5 3 
Marriage a Lottery, comedy, 2 acts. 3 4 
Married Bachelors, comedietta, la.. 3 2 
Master Jones' Birthday, farce, 1 act 4 2 

Maud's Peril, drama, 4 acts 5 3 

Midnight Watch, drama, 1 act 8 2 

Milky White, drama, 2 acts 4 2 

Miriam's Crime, drama, 3 acts 5 2 

Model of a Wife, farce, 1 act 3 2 

Model Pair (A), comedy, 1 act. ..... 2 2 

Money, comedy, 5 acts 17 3 

More Blunders than One, farce, la. 4 3 
More Sinned against than Sinning, 

original Irish drama, 4 acts 11 

Morning Call (A), comedietta, 1 act. 1 1 

Mr. Scroggins, farce, 1 act 3 3 

Mr. X., farce, 1 act 3 3 

My Uncle's Suit, farce, 1 act 4 1 

My Neighbor's Wife, farce, 1 act 3 3 

My Turn Next, farce, 1 act 4 3 

My Walking Photograph, musical 

duality, 1 act 1 1 

My Wife's Bonnet, farce, 1 act 3 4 

My Wife's Diary, farce, 1 act 3 1 

My Wife's Out, farce, 1 act. 2 2 

Naval Engagements, farce, 2 acts. . . 4 2 
Never Reckon your Chickens, etc., «. 

farce. 1 act 3 4 

New Men and Old Acres, comedy, 3 8 5 

Nobody's Child, drama, 3 acts 18 3 

Noemie, drama, 2 acts.. 4 4 

No Name, drama, 5 acts 7 5 

Not a bit Jealous, farce, 1 act 3 3 

Not if I Know it, tarce, 1 act 4 4 

Not so bad as we Seem, play, 5 acts.13 3 

Not Guilty, drama, 4 acts 10 6 

Not such a Fool as he Looks, drama, 

3 acts 5 4 

Nothing like Paste, farce, 1 act. ... 31 
No Thoroughfare, drama, 5 acts .... 13 6 

Notre Dame, drama, 3 acts 11 8 

Object of Interest (An), farce, 1 act. 4 3 
Obstinate Family (The), farce, 1 act. 3 3 

Off the Stage, comedietta, 1 act 3 3 

Omnibus (The), farce, 1 act . . 5 4 

On Bread and Water, farce, 1 act. . . 1 2 

One Too Many, farce, 1 act 4 2 

One Too Many for Him, farce, 1 act 2 3 

£100,000, comedy, 3 acts 8 4 

Only a Halfpenny, farce, 1 act 2 2 

Only Somebody, farce, 1 act 4 2 

On the Jury, drama, 4 acts .5 5 

Orange Blossoms, comedietta, 1 act 3 6 

Orange Girl, drama, 4 acts 18 4 

Othello, tragedy, 5 acts 16 2 

Ours, comedy, 3 acts 6 3 

Our Clerks, farce, 1 act 7 5 

Our Domestics, comedy-farce, 2 acts 6 6 
Our Heroes, military play, 5 acts. . . 24 5 
Out at Sea, drama, 5 acts 17 5 



DE WITT'S ACTING PLAYS -Continued. 



M. F. 

147. Overland Route, comedy, 3 acts 11 5 

305. Pair of Shoes (A), farce, 1 act ... 4 3 

285. Partners for Life, comedy, 3 acts — 7 4 

156. Peace at any Price, farce, 1 act 1 1 

82. Peep o' Day, drama, 4 acts , . . 12 4 

127. Teggy Green, farce, 1 act 3 10 

23! Petticoat Parliament, extravaganza, 

lact 15 21 

293. Philomel, romantic drama, 3 acts... 6 4 

62. Photographic Fix, farce, 1 act 3 2 

61. Plot and Passion, drama, 3 acts. ... 7 2 

138. Poll and Partner Joe, burlesqe, la.. 10 3 

217. Poo*- Pillicoddy, farce, 1 act 2 3 

110. Poppletou's Predicaments, farce, la. 3 6 

50. Porter's Knot, drama, 2 acts 8 2 

59. Post Boy, drama. 2 acts 5 3 

95. Pretty Horse-Breaker, farce 3 10 

•280. Pretty Piece of Business (A), come- 
dy, 1 act 2 3 

181. 182. Queen Mary, drama, 4 acts 37 9 

196. Queerest Courtship (The), comic 

operetta, 1 act 1 1 

255. Quiet Family, farce, 1 act 4 4 

157. Quite at Home, comedietta, 1 act. . . 5 2 

132. Race for a Dinner, farce, 1 act 10 

237. Regular Fix (A), farce, 1 act 6 4 

183. Richelieu , play, 5 acts 12 2 

38. Rightful Heir, drama, 5 acts 10 2 

77. Roll of the Drum, drama, 3 acts 8 4 

316. Romeo on the Gridiron (A), mono- 
logue, for a lady 1 

195. Rosemi Shell, burlesque, 4 scenes.. 6 3 

247. Rough Diamond (The), farce, 1 act. 6 3 

194. Rum, drama, 3 acts 7 4 

13. Ruy Bias, drama, 4 acts 12 4 

229. Sarah's Young Man, farce, 1 act 3 3 

158. School, comedy, 4 acts 6 C 

201. School for Scandal, comedy, 5 acts.. 13 4 

264. Scrap of Paper (A), comic drama, 3a. 6 6 

79. Sheep in Wolf's Clothing, drama, la 7 5 

203. She Stoops to Conquer, comedy, 5a.l5 4 

37. Silent Protector, farce. 1 act , 3 2 

35. Silent Woman, farce, 1 act 2 1 

313. Single Married Man (A), comic ope- 
retta, 1 act 6 2 

43. Sisterly Service, comedietta, 1 act. . 7 2 

6. Six Months Ago, comedietta, 1 act.. 2 1 

221. Slasher and Crasher, farce. 1 act. . . 5 2 

10. Snapping Turtles, duologue, 1 act. . .1 1 

26. Society, comedy, 3 acts 16 5 

207. Sold Again, comic operetta, 1 act. . . 3 1 

304. Sparking, comedietta., 1 act 1 2 

78. Special Performances, farce, 1 act. . 7 3 
215. Still Waters Run Deep, comedy, 3a. 9 2 
256. Sweethearts, dramatic contrast, 2a.. 2 2 
232. Tail (Tale) of a Shark, musical mon- 
ologue, 1 scene 1 

31. Taming a Tiger, farce, 1 act 3 

150. Tell-Tale Heart, comedietta, 1 act. . 1 2 

120. Tempest in a Teapot, comedy, 1 act 2 1 



M. I 

257. Ten Nights in a Bar Room, drama, 

5 acts 8 V 

146. There's no Smoke without Fire, 

cuinedietta, 1 act 1 2 

83. Thrice Married, personation piece, 

1 act 6 1 

215. Thumping Legacy (A), 1 act 7 1 

251. Ticket of Leave Man, drama, 4 acts. 9 3 

42. Time and the Hour, drama, 3 acts. 7 3 

27. Time and Tide, drama, 4 acts 7 5 

133. Timothy to the Rescue, farce, 1 act 4 2 
15^. 'Tis Better to Live than to Die, 

farce, 1 act 2 1 

134. Tompkins tho Troubadour, iarce, 1. 3 2 

272. Toodles (The), drama, 2 acts 10 2 

235 To Oblige Benson, comedietta, 1 act 3 2 

238 Trying It On, farce, 1 act 3 3 

29 Turning the Tables, farce, 1 act.. . . 5 3 

214. Turn Him Out, farce. 1 act 3 2 

1GB. Tweedie's Rights, comedy, 2 acts. . 4 2 

126. Twice Killed, farce, 1 act 6 3 

234. 'Twixt Axe and Crown, play, 5 acts.24 13 

198. Twin Sisters, comic operetta. 1 act. 2 2 

265. Two Bonnycastles, farce, 1 act 3 3 

220. Two Buzzards (The), farce, 1 act. ... 3 2 

56. Two Gay Deceivers, face, 1 act 3 

123. Two Poits, farce, 1 act 4 4 

288. Two Roses (The), comedy, 3 acts. ..74 

292. Two Thorns (The), comedy, 4 acts.. 9 4 

294. Uncle Dick's Darling, drama, 3 acts 6 5 

162. Uncle's Will, comedietta, 1 act 2 1 

106. Up for the Cattle Show, farce, 1 act 6 2 

81. Vandyke Brown, farce, 1 act 3 3 

317. Veteran of 1812 (The), romantic mil- 
itary drama, 5 act s 12 2 

124. Volunteer Review, farce, 1 act 6 6 

91. Walpole, comedy in rhyme 7 2 

118. Wanted, a Young Lady, farce, 1 act. 2 1 
231. Wanted, One Thousand Spirited 
Young Milliners for the Gold Re- 
gions, farce, 1 act 3 7 

44. War to to the Knife, comedy, 3 acts 5 4 

311. What Tears can do, comedietta, la.. 3 2 

105. Which of the Two? comedietta, la.. 2 10 

266. Who Killed Cock Robin? farce, 2a.. 2 2 

98. Who is Who ? farce 3 2 

12. Widow Hunt, comedy, 3 acts 4 4 

213. Widow (The), comedy, 3 acts 7 6 

5. William Tell with a Vengeance, bur- 
lesque 8 2 

f Window Curtain, monologue 1 

314, ) Circumstantial Evidence " 1 

136. Woman in Red, drama, 4 acts 6 8 

161. Woman's Vows and Masons' Oaths, 

drama, 4 acts 1° * 

11. Woodcock's Little Game, farce. 2a.. 4 4 
290*. Wrong Man in the Right Place (A), 

farce, 1 act 2 3 

54. Young Collegian, farce, 1 act 3 2 



A COMPLETE DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE OF DE WITT'S ACT- 
* S ING PLAYS AND DE WITT'S ETHIOPIAN AND COMIC DRAMAS, 
containing Plot, Costume, Scenery, Time of Representation, and all other informa- 
tion, mailed free and post paid on application. Address 

BE WITT, 33 Rose Street, New YorR. 



DE WITT'S DRAWING-ROOM OPERETTAS, 



B^= TO MUSICAL AMATEURS, ^g 

The number of Musical Amateurs, both ladies and gentlemen, is not only very 
large, but is constantly increasing, and very naturally, for there is no more re- 
fined and pleasant mode of spending leisure hours than in singing and playing the 
choice productions of the best Composers. Hitherto there has been an almost total 
{iclc of suitable pieces adapted to an evening's entertainment in Parlors by Amateurs. 
<T'f course whole Operas, or even parts of Operas, require orchestral accompani- 
ments and full choruses to give them effect, and arc therefore clearly unfit for 
Amateur performance, while a succession of songs lacks the interest given by a 
plot and a contrast of characters. In this series (a list of which is given below) we 
have endeavored to supply this want. The best Music of popular Composers is wed- 
ded to appropriate words, and the whole dovetailed into plots that are effective as 
met* petite plays, but are rendered doubly interesting by the appropriate and beau- 
tiful Music, specially arranged for them. 



LIST OF DE WITT'S MUSICAL PLAYS. 

PRICE 15 CENTS EACH. 



GEAP TEAR— A Musical Dual- 
ity. By Alfred B. Sedgwick. Mu- 
sic selected and adapted from Of- 
fenbach's celebrated Opera, " Gene- 
ris ce lie Brabant.' 1 '' One Male, one 
Female Character. 

THE TWIN SISTERS-Comic 

Operetta, in One Act. The Music 
selected from the most popular num- 
bers in Le Cocq/s celebrated Opera 
Bouffe, " Girolli Gimfia," and the 
Libretto writte.i by Alfred B. Sedg- 
wick. Two Male, Two Female 
Characters. 

SOLD AGAIN AND GOT THE 

MONEY.— Comic Operetta, in One 
Act. The Music composed and the 
Libretto written by Alfred B. Sedg- 
wick. Three Male, One Female 
Character. 

THE QUEEREST COURTSHIP. 

—Comic Operetta, iu One Act. The 
Music arranged from Offenbach's 
celebrated Opera, " La Princesse de 
Trebizonde" and the Libretto writ- 
■ ter. by Alfred B. Sedgwick. One 
Male, One Female Character. 



ESTRANGED— An Operetta, in 
One Act, The Musie arranged from 
Verdi's celebrated Opera, " II Trov- 
atore.' n and the libretto adapted by 
Alfred B. Sedgwick. Two Male, 
One Female Character. 

CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER 

CASES.— Comic Operetta, in One 
Act. The music composed and the 
Libretto written by Alfred B. Sedg- 
wick. One Male, One Female Char* 
acter. 

MY WALKING PHOTOGRAPH. 

—Musical Duality, in One Act. The 
Music arranged from Le Cocq's 
Opera, "La Fille de Madame Angot," 
and the Libretto written by Alfred 
B. Sedgwick. One Male, Oue Fe- 
male Character. 

A SINGLE MARRIED MAN.- 

Comic Operetta, in One Act. The 
Music arranged from Offenbach's 
celebrated Opera Bouffe, "Madame 
V Archiduc,' 1 '' and the Libretto writ- 
ten by Alfred B. Sedgwick. Six 
Male, Two Female Characters. 



HOLLY MORIARTY.— An Irish 
Musical Sketch, in One Act. The 
Music composed and the Dialogue 
written by Alfred B. Sedgwick. 
One Male, one Female Character. 
Suitable for the Variety Stage. 

THE CHARGE 0? THE HASH 

BRIGADE —A Comic Irish Musical 
Sketch. The Music composed and 
the Libretto written by Joseph P. 
Skelly. Two Male, two Female 
Character Suitable for the Variety 
Stage. 



GAMBRINUS, KING OP LAGER 

BEER.— A Musical Ethiopian Bur- 
lesque, in One Act. Music and Dia- 
logue by Frank Ditmont. Eight 
Male, one Female Character. Suita- 
ble for the Ethiopian Stage. 

APRI0ANU8 BLUEBEARD.-A 

Musical Ethiopian Burlesque, in One 
Act. Music and Dialogue by Frank 
DiraoNT. Four Male, four Female 
Characters. Suitable for the Ethio- 
pian Stage. 



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60. 

37. 

90. 
109. 

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149. 
151. 

96. 
147. 

129. 

101 

117. 

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119. 

49. 
132, 
145 

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27 
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30 
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87 

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M. F. 

Jealous Husband, sketch 2 1 

.Julius tne Suoozer. burlesque, 3 sc. 6 1 
Katriua's .Little Game, Dutch act, 

1 scene 1 1 

Last of the Mohicaus, sketch 3 1 

Laughing Gas, sketch, 1 sceue 6 1 

Live Iujun, sketch, 4 scenes 4 1 

Lost Will, sketch 4 

Lucky Job, farce, 2 scenes 3 2 

Lunatic (The), farce, 1 scene 3 

Making a Hit, farce, 2 scenes 4 

Malicious Trespass, sketch, 1 scene. 3 
'Meriky, Ethiopian farce, 1 6cene... 3 1 
Micky Free, Irish sketch, 1 scene . . 5 
Midu'igbt Intruder, farce, 1 scene . 6 1 
Milliner's Shop (The), Ethiopian 

sketch, 1 scene 2 2 

Moko Marionettes, Ethiopian eccen- 
tricity, 2 scenes 4 5 

Molly Moriarty, Irish musical 

sketch, 1 scene 1 1 

Motor Bellows, comedy, 1 act 4 

Musical Servant, sketch. 1 scene — 3 
Mutton Trial, sketch, 2 scenes .... 4 
My Wife'sVisitors, comic drama,lsc. 6 1 
Night in a Strange Hotel, sketch, lsc. 2 
Noble Savage, Etbi'n sketch, 1 sc... 4 
No Pay No Cure, Etbi'n sketch. 1 sc. 5 
Obeying Orders, sketch, 1 scene.... 2 1 

100th Night of Hamlet, sketch 7 1 

Oh, Hush ! operatic olio 4 1 

Oue Night in a Bar Room, sketch . . 7 
One Night in a Medical College, 

Ethiopian sketch, 1 scene 7 1 

One, Two, Three, sketch, 1 scene.. 7 
Painter's Apprentice, farce, 1 scene. 5 
Pete and the Peddler, Negro and 

Irish sketch, 1 scene 2 1 

Pleasant Companions, Ethiopian 

sketch, 1 scene 5 1 

Polar Bear (The), farce, 1 scene 4 1 

Policy Players, sketch, 1 scene 7 

Pompey's Patients, interlude, 2 sc.^ 6 
Porter's Troubles, sketch, 1 scene. . 6 1 

Port Wine vs. Jealousy, sketch 2 1 

Private Boarding, comedy, 1 scene. 2 3 

Recruiting Office, sketch, 1 act 5 

Rehearsal (The), Irish farce, 2 sc. . . 3 1 
Remittance from Home, sketch. 1 sc. 6 
Rigging a Purchase, sketch, 1 sc. . . 3 



M. F. 

81. Rival Artists, sketch, 1 scene 4 

26. Rival Tenauts, sketch 4 

138. Rival Barbers' Snops (The), Ethio- 
pian farce, 1 scene 6 1 

15. Sam's Courtship, farce, 1 act 2 1 

59. Sausage Makers, sketch, '2 sceues.. 5 1 

21. Scampini, pantomime, 2 sceues 3 3 

80. Scenes on the Mississippi, sketch, 

2 scenes 6 

84. Serenade (The), sketch, 2 scenes.... 7 

38. Siamese Twins, sketch, 2 scenes. ... 5 

74. Sleep Walker, sketcb, 2 scenes 3 

46. Slippery Day, sketch, 1 scene 6 1 

69. Squire lor a Day, sketch 5 1 

56. Stage-struck Couple, interlude, 1 sc. 2 1 

72. Stranger, burlesque, 1 scene 1 2 

13. Streets of New York, sketch, 1 sc. . . 6 

16. Storming the Fort, sketch, 1 scene. 5 
7. Stupid Servant, sketch, 1 scene 2 

121. Stocks Up ! Stocks Down ! Negro 

duologue, 1 scene 2 

47. Take It, Don't Take It, sketch, 1 sc. 2 
54. Them Papers, sketch, 1 scene 3 

100. Three Chiefs (The), sketch. 1 scene. 6 

102. Tbree A. M., sketch, 2 scenes 3 1 

34. Tbree Strings to one Bow, sketch, 

1 scene 4 1 

122. Ticket Taker, Etbi'n farce, 1 scene. 3 

2. Tricks, sketch 5 2 

104. Two Awfuls (The), sketch, 1 6cene.. 5 
5. Two Black Roses, sketch 4 ] 

28. Uncle Eph's Dream, sketcb, 2 sc. .. 3 1 
131. Unlimited Cheek, sketch, 1 scene.. 4 1 

62. Vinegar Bitters, sketch, 1 sceue 6 1 

32. Wake up, William Henry, sketch. . . 3 

39. Wanted, a Nurse, sketch, 1 scene... 4 

75. Weston, the Walkist, Dutch sketch, 

1 scene 7 1 

93. Wbat shall I Take? sketch, 1 scene. 7 1 

29. Who Died First? sketch, 1 scene.. . 3 1 
97. Who's the Actor? farce, 1 scene 4 

137. Whose Baby is it? Ethiopiau sketch, 

1 sceue 2 1 

143. Wonderful Telephone (The), Ethio- 
pian sketch, 1 scene 4 1 

99. Wrong Woman in the Right Place, 

sketch. 2 scenes 2 2 

85. Young Scamp, sketch, 1 scene.. 3 

116. Zacharias' Funeral, farce, 1 scene.. 5 



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